A U.S. geologic survey has uncovered at least $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan. Margaret Warner talks to New York Times reporter James Risen on what the valuable natural resources could mean for the Afghan economy and the ongoing war with the Taliban.

An annual survey of mining companies around the world has found that South Africa is now seen as a more attractive place to invest than it was. In 2018 it was ranked at 81st place out of 91 countries, now it's placed in the 56th spot out of eighty three countries examined.
The Fraser Institute's annual report says that South Africa is now more attractive to miners - you'll remember that last year the Mining Charter was agreed to between government, mining companies and labour.
The minister of Mineral Resources is Gwede Mantashe, he's also the Chair of the ANC, and he's here for you now
Minister Mantashe good evening Sir and thank you for your time.
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The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and following occupation by the United States was largely to protect the country’s opium cultivation and exploit its vast mineral resources, particularly the deposits of lithium, according to James Henry Fetzer, an American academic who has been studying the events of 9/11 since late 2001.
Fetzer, who is also a journalist with Veterans Truth Network and a retired professor in Madison, Wisconsin, told Press TV on Sunday that “Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11.”
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Mineral Resources Limited (MRL) is an innovative and leading Australian mining services company, with a growing world-class portfolio of mining operations across multiple commodities, including iron ore and lithium.

The Department of Mineral Resources recently published the draft Mining Charter for public comments. This comes after a process of eight weeks of intensive engagements with stakeholders including mining communities and social partners.Some of the feedback the department received include allegations of double-granting of licenses, allegations of improper application of Section 54 of the Mine Health and Safety Act and backlogs in the issuing of licenses. The period to receive public comments closes on 27th July 2018. To talk more on the issue, we are joined by Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe.
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Loveworld News reporter Innocent Semosa was at the 2019 Mining Indaba which was held at the Cape Town International Convention Center and on a quest for information Innocent traveled to Mpumalanga province and spoke to to some community members in Mpumalanga province who raises concerns about small scale mining licenses,and filed this report

With dozens killed in the Congo and opposition headquarters sacked, The Real News looks at the material interests of the United States in the Central African nation
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Whilst 2018 has been a challenging year for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry, the country’s mining regulator aims to improve its performance over the next 12 months to ensure more benefits flow through to communities.
Speaking to National EMTV News recently, Mineral Resources Authority Acting Managing Director, Nathan Mosusu, said the onus was on the organisation to constantly improve.

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Richest african countries in terms of natural resources ▷ naij.com
The African continent has always been wealthy in terms of natural resources. It has been endowed with lots of natural riches since forever. Which countries are currently the richest countries in Africa based on natural resources that can be extracted on their territories? Find out the list of richest African countries which possess the largest amount of natural resources. List of countries in Africa that are rich in mineralsAfrica is known to be blessed with numerous natural minerals and rich so...

Mark Slater, chief executive of Cambridge Mineral Resources, discusses plans to relist the junior miner on AIM after six years as a private company.
The firm, founded in 1992, was quoted on AIM but delisted in 2009.
Its main focus is the Iberian Pyrite Belt in southern Spain where Cambridge is investigating the Masa Valverde copper-zinc deposit near Huelva, which is being developed in partnership with Glencore.
Cambridge is also evaluating a number of other mining projects in Andalusia.

Government Remains Committed to Growing Industry
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi speaks to Alishia Seckam about plans to amend the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act and how his department will work with business to grow the mining industry;

The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) is under fire after graves were discovered at an operational manganese mining at Postmasburg in the Northern Cape. Residents in the area are demanding answers on how Kitso Mining was given rights to mine at a burial site.
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SNNLive spoke with Geoff Eyre, CFO of Avesoro Resources Inc. (TSX: ASO) (AIM: ASO) at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium 2018 in Vancouver, BC.
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About Avesoro Resources Inc.
Avesoro Resources is a West Africa focused gold producer and development company that operates two gold mines across West Africa and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) and the AIM market operated by the London Stock Exchange (“AIM”). The Company’s assets include the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia (“New Liberty”) and the Youga Gold Mine in Burkina Faso (“Youga”).
New Liberty has an estimated Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve of 7.4Mt with 717,000 ounces of gold grading 3.03g/t and an estimated Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 9.6Mt with 985,000 ounces of gold grading 3.2g/t and an estimated Inferred Mineral Resource of 6.4Mt with 620,000 ounces of gold grading 3.0g/t. The foregoing Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and additional information in connection therewith, prepared in accordance with CIM guidelines, is set out in an NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report dated November 1, 2017 and entitled “New Liberty Gold Mine, Bea Mountain Mining Licence Southern Block, Liberia, West Africa” and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Youga has an estimated Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve of 11.2Mt with 660,100 ounces of gold grading 1.84g/t and a combined estimated Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 16.64Mt with 924,200 ounces of gold grading 1.73g/t and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 13Mt with 685,000 ounces of gold grading 1.70g/t. An independent NI 43-101 technical report with respect to the Youga Gold Mine will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of the updated Youga Mineral Reserve and Resource statement announced on June 19, 2018.
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Not a single fatality was recorded in the country within the mining sector in the year 2017.
This is according to the country’s mining regulator, Mineral Resources Authority.
The last time the country achieved this feat was in 2008.
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Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane visited the Sibanye Beatrix gold mine in Theunissen in the Free State. Production has come to a halt at the mine after a severe violent storm experienced on Wednesday affected the power supply to the mine. More than 1 300 workers were trapped underground. Work is expected to resume on Monday. However labour unions are concerned about the safety of the workers.
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Tebello Chabana, Senior Executive of Public Affairs and Transformation at the Chamber of Mines discusses what SA’s new Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe needs to do to fix South Africa’s mining industry and spur economic growth.

Local mining companies have been given 12 months to raise their Black Economic Shareholding to 30 percent from 26. This is according to new mining charter requirements announced by Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane. The new mining charter also requires the holder of a mining right to pay 1 percent of its turnover to communities. Zwane says mining companies that achieved 26 percent prior to the new Mining Charter, must top up to 30 percent within 12 months.
The charter has been met with mixed reactions, with the Chamber of mines saying there was no proper consultation on the matter.
The Minister of Mineral Resources Msebenzi Zwane, joins us in studio to discuss the issue.
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Pure Gold Mining (CVE:PGM) President and CEO Darin Labrenz sat down with Steve Darling from Proactive Investors Vancouver to discuss the Madsen Project in Red Lake, Ontario. Labrenz shared news that the company has had a significant update to their resource estimate.
Labrenz told Proactive the impressive new numbers and talked about the large volume of work that he been done on the project and what shareholders can expect next.

Mombasa county digitizes and maps all its mineral resources
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The Department of Mineral Resources is trying to do away with illegal mining by getting Zama Zamas formalised. Today it handed legal papers to the community to mine without disruptions. To unpack this further, Mining and Energy Analyst, Ted Blom, joins News Night's Cathy Mohlahlana in studio. Courtesy DStv403

Illegal digging for gold is continuing at a disused mine in Langlaagte, south of Johannesburg, despite the loss of lives, and arrests of several illegal miners known as Zama Zamas. 25 of them have ignored pleas and warnings by both the Department of Mineral Resources and the SAPS, and have gone underground. This comes just days after the bodies of 3 others were brought to the surface. They'd been trapped underground since last Thursday.
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Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has delayed the implementation of the mining charter until after a court rules on it.
The charter requires, among other things, 50% of Black representation at board level of mining companies, of which 25% must be women, 70% procurement of mining goods from BEE companies and companies are to give 8% of their shares to their workers.
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VO Party prioritises energy, mineral resource development
INTRO: Under the leadership of the Party over the past 60 years, the energy and mining sectors have enjoyed robust growth and have contributed to infrastructure development, job creation, and better living standards. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the LPRP which falls on March 22nd, we proudly present the special report on Party prioritises energy, mineral resource development
STORY: Under the leadership of the Party over the past 60 years, the energy and mining sectors have enjoyed robust growth and have contributed to infrastructure development, job creation, and better living standards.
The Party and government place great importance on the development of energy and natural resources. They also believe that all projects in these fields must coincide with plans for social and economic development, while also preserving national protection and peace.
The main goals of this focus are to support integrated development, address poverty issues, generate revenue for the government, and remove Laos from the list of Least Developed Countries.
Laos is one of the 10 Asean countries moving forward with the development of energy and mining resources to spur drive economic growth and infrastructure development.
To this end, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has formulated a strategic development plan for 2006-2020. Energy and mining are vital sectors of the economy and play a very significant role in Laos' economic structure.
According to the strategic plan, by 2020 the two sectors are expected to account for 25 percent of Gross Domestic Product, a huge leap from the 5.8 percent share recorded in the years 2001-2005. The projected growth rate is estimated at an annual average of 19.03 percent.
There are currently 17 power projects under construction or preparing to begin construction, managed by the government. These include the Xayaboury hydropower project, which has a massive installed capacity of 1,258 MW. Four other projects authorised by provincial authorities are also under construction.
Energy development revolves around two main factors - soaring domestic demand and an expected rise in demand in neighbouring countries.
In Laos, 881MW of power was needed in 2013. This year, demand is expected to rise to 1,682MW and to 4,664MW in 2020.
In Thailand, the consumption forecast is for 35,251MW in 2015 and 46,182MW in 2020. Vietnam needs 27,445MW this year and 48,600MW in 2020. Cambodia is predicted to need 1,200MW in 2020.
To supply this growing demand, Laos is forging ahead with hydropower development, including the installation of transmission lines and the expansion of the electricity network. Not only Lao people benefit from energy development projects, but also people in other Asean countries.
The policy of the Party and government is to ensure that all households have access to electricity. It is expected that 90 percent of households will be connected to an electricity source by 2020.
Along with hydropower development, the government is also focusing on renewable energy resources to ensure that energy security is sustainable within Asean, and is also urging cooperation in research and development.
At the 32nd Asean Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) which took place in Vientiane last September, Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong urged Asean nations to continue studies on the renewable energy market and provide the necessary funding for the promotion of environmentally friendly green energy.
At the beginning of this year, Asean energy officials met in Vientiane to discuss a cooperation roadmap, with energy efficiency, renewable energy and nuclear energy dominating the discussions. They also discussed the progress of the Asean Plan of Action on Energy Cooperation for 2016-2020.
The energy sector is one of the most important industries in the public economic system.
Mineral resources
Domestic and foreign investors continue to seek investment opportunities in the mining industry.
According to a report from the Ministry of Energy and Mines, there are 69 mining companies operating 107 projects on a total concession area of 274,663 hectares.
Fifty of these companies are running gold, copper, lead, potassium and limestone operations. The remaining operators are building factories and some are preparing to undertake excavations.
Party and government policy holds that the mining sector must process minerals as finished or semi products prior to distribution.

The portfolio committee on Mineral resources wants the bodies of the three miners who died in the Lily Mine tragedy in Barberton, Mpumalanga just over two years ago, recovered. It has urged the department of Mineral resources to ensure the new mine owner prioritises the retrieval. Pretty Kambule, Yvonne Minci and Solomon Nyarendi were trapped inside a container when the ground caved in.
The mine is expected to start operating in November.
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Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you've never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It's also tied to the deaths of over 5 million people in Congo since 1990.
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The Mineral Resources Department must get tough with mining companies, which fail to comply with housing delivery. That's the word from Parliament's oversight committee on mining. It says platinum miner Lonmin had failed to meet its housing delivery targets in Marikana in the North West.
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The new Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, is to be sworn. President Jacob Zuma's office announced Zwane's appointment to the key Ministry, on Tuesday.The mining industry says it's surprised that the former Free State MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development has been roped in to replace Ngoako Ramatlhodi. Advocate Ramatlhodi will now head the Public Service and Administration Ministry, following the death of Collins Chabane earlier this year
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In an exclusive interview with Network18, Amar Agarwal, Commerce Tax & Urban Development Minister of Chhattisgarh, talks about the treasure trove of minerals in Chhattisgarh.
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Kenya's new mining law will monitor the country's mineral resources through the value chain to ensure transparency in payments
made to the government from the sector.
Cabinet Secretary in charge of mining Najib Balala says the country will choose to legislate rather than negotiate with multi-nationals in order for the industry to benefit all and not a section of the country.
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List of Nigerian states that are rich in natural resources and interesting facts about them
Nigeria is a huge country which is rich in natural resources. The Nigerian economy highly depends on these resources, that is why they are a huge part of many people’s everyday lives, especially those who work in the industrial sphere. Here is the list of natural resources in Nigeria and their locations, along with the interesting facts about them. Natural resources are commonly defined as the sources of wealth which appear naturally and are used by humans. They have a few classifications, which...

Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe will meet Kathu community members in the Northern Cape to discuss and incorporate their views and suggestions to the pending Mining Charter.
The Northern Cape is the fourth province to be consulted since the first consultations in April 2018.
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The Department of Mineral Resources is looking into whether illegal mining is causing any long-term damage to critical infrastructure in Johannesburg.
It's understood that illegal miners are blasting near highly flammable gas and fuel lines. Courtesy #DStv403

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The Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries. A wide range of rare minerals can be found here in abundance, all commanding high prices in world commodity markets. Diamonds for jewellery, tantalum, tungsten and gold for electronics; uranium used in power generation and weaponry and many others. Congo has copious deposits of raw materials that are in high demand internationally but remains one of the poorest countries in the world.
From colonisation, with the horrors of slavery and other atrocities, to a turbulent and equally brutal present in which militant groups control the mines, Congo’s richness in natural resources has brought nothing but misery. Referred to as “conflict minerals”, these riches leave only a trail of death, destruction and poverty.
Under Belgian rule, Congolese labourers were often required to meet quotas when mining different minerals. Failure could mean punishment by having a hand cut off with a machete. The country gained independence in 1960, but that didn’t put a stop to slave and child labour or to crimes being committed to extract and exploit the minerals. Warring militant fractions from inside the country and beyond seized control of mines for their own benefit while terrorising local populations.
For our translator, Bernard Kalume Buleri, his country’s history of turmoil is very personal; like most Congolese people, he and his family fell victim to the unending mineral based power struggle. Born in the year of his country’s independence, he has lived through war and seen his homeland torn apart by violent looting and greed. His story is a damning testament, illustrating how nature’s bounty, instead of being a blessing, becomes a deadly curse.
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Our correspondent in Afghanistan says the Taliban militants are earning millions of dollars through illegal mining contracts. The group is renting mines, in areas under its control, to contractors and then gets taxes from them. This has angered the Afghan government.
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